Rail joint



J. B. MURRAY,

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25. I921.

1 2 5 3 5 Patente Aug. 8, 1922 Z5 f Z3 Z2 1 7 6 22 7 Z fa EDI-IN 33 OF W 1111 5111 GTON, ILLINOIS.

RAIL JGINT.

Application filed November 25, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, JOHN B. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wilmington, in the county or" Will and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful improvement in B; ail. Joints, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact deption.

1y invention relates to improvements in rail joints, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

All object of my invention is to provide a rail joint in which an upward pressure is exerted on the rail ends which is equal to the weight of the train wheel passing thereover.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described in which an adjustable means is provided for supp rting the rail ends.

A further object 01 my inventin is to provide a device of the type described which distributes the weight of the train wheel passing over the rail ends to other portions of the rail.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which can be readily assembled between two rail sections.

A further object or" my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture.

ither objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features oi the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

lily invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device as shown applied between two rail sections,

Figure 2 is a section along the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a section along the line 33 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a modified form of the de- "ice.

Tn carrying out my invention, I provide a rail supporting member 1 which I dispose at the junction of two rail sections 2 and 3, the latter being supported by ties 4-. It will. be apparent that the rail sections 2 and 3, and the ties 1 "form no part of my invention,

I 'i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1 .522.

Serial No. 51?,601.

except in so far as they cooperate with the its hereafter described.

clearly shown in Figure 2, the member as a longitudinal groove 5 entending through, which is adapted to receive e ends of the rail sections 2 and 3. The .op of the member 1 is adapted to abut the under side of the rail tread 6. This construction provides device in which part of the weight of a train wheel (not shown) passing over the rail section ends, is transmitted directly to the member 1 instead of all of the weight being transmitted to the web 7 of the rail and then to the member 1. In other words, the rail section ends are supported in two places by the member 1, i. e., by the tread 6 and by the base 8.

It also slidably dispose on each of the rail sections 2 and 3, a bar supporting member. The bar supporting members 9 and 10 are of the shape shown in Figures 1 and 3, and are provided with lugs 11 and 12 which h ave indentations 13 and 14: therein and into which the ends of a bar 15 are disposed. It will be observed that the member 1 is provided with a socket 16 in the under side thereof. The head 17 of a bolt 18 is re tatably disposed in this socket. The bolt 18 is also mounted in a threaded bore 19 of the bar 15, and is provided with a hen.- agonal portion 20. i

From the fore oing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In as sembling the device, I first dispose the menr hers 9 and 10 on the rail sections 2 and 3, respectively, and then dispose the ends ot he rail sections in the groove 5 of the memher 1 so that they abut one another. I then mount the bar 15 between. the members 9 and 10 in the manner heretofore described, and rotate the bolt 18, which is carried by the bar, until the head 17 thereof supports the member 1. .-t will be obvious that by rotating the bolt 18, T can exert any desired pressure on the member 1. When a train wheel passes over the ends of the sections 2 and 3, the weight oi the wheel is distributed by means of the bar 1.5 and the members 9 and 10, to other portions of the sections. Any sagging of the rail. section ends, due to a car wheel passing thereover, is therefore obviated.

As heretofore stated, I provide a device which is simple in construction, easy to ap 12, respectively, near the rail ends, these plates being held by bolts 23 which pass through the plates and through the rail in openings which are ordinarily provided in the rail. This positively prevents the creep ing' of the rail, i. e., the drawing of the rail.

ends away from one another.

In Figure l, I have shown a modification of the device in which the bolt 18 is provided with a member 9A, the member having hooks 25 depending therefrom. Members 26 are slidably disposed on the base 8 of the rails and are provided with books 27. Links 28 are secured to the hooks 27 and the hooks 25, whereby the member 2a is supported in substantially the same manner asthe bar 15 is supported.

I claim: I I

1. The combination with two rail sections, of a member having a groove therein adapt- .ed to receive the ends of said sections, said the endthereof, bar disposed between and carried by said members, and a bolt carried by said bar and having its head adapted to support said first named member.

2. The combination with two rail sections, of a rail supporting member having a rail receiving groove therein and a socket in the under side thereof, said member being adapted to receive the ends of said rail'sections and being so fashioned as to abut the under side of the rail tread, a bar carrying member carried by each section and being spaced from the end thereof, means for preventing the movement of said last named members toward each other, a bar carried by said last named members and being.

adapted to support said .rail supporting member, and a bolt carried by said bar and having its head disposed in said socket. JOHN B. MURRAY, 

